Gaza on Wilshire: Part 2

Today two implacable foes will fight over a barren strip of land that time seems to have forgotten. That would be, of course, the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that is home to the

Israeli Consulate, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators will protest the Jewish state's invasion of Gaza -- and where, across the street, a pro-Israel gathering will attempt to drown out the other side's chants.

Photos: Robert Lowden

ANSWER L.A. is organizing today's anti-Israel action at Wilshire and La Jolla at 4:30 p.m., while StandWithUs is behind the counter-demonstration. These kind of events have tended to produce ugly shouting matches but, so far, no physical violence. We asked representatives for both sides if there had, perhaps, been secret talks between them that laid out certain ground rules.